Hi Everyone!! This article will share Trees are the Kindest Things I Know Playthings Questions & Answers.
This poem is written by Harry Behn. In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of Throwing a Tree and A Bird Came Down The Walk so, you can check these posts as well.
Trees are the Kindest Things I Know Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. The line And gather birds among their boughs means
a. birds sit cosily on the branches
b. trees hold on to the birds
c. birds feel that they cannot escape
2. In the poem, the word beams refers to
a. trees
b. rays of light
c. smiles
3. When the moon floats on the sky, the trees
a. go to sleep
b. start to sing
c. sway gently making a humming sound
4. Trees are active
a. only at night
b. only in the morning
c. from morning till night
Question 2: Write true or false:
(a) Trees are first to welcome the sun – True
(b) Trees are unkind to human beings – False
(c) Trees are kind because the sun is kind to them – True
(d) Birds sing a lullaby – False
(e) Trees go to sleep before the sun set – False
Question 3: Who is ‘I’ in the poem?
Answer: The poet Harry Behn is ‘I’ in the poem.
Question 4: How do the trees show kindness to animals and birds?
Answer: The trees show kindness to animals by providing shade and spread the boughs for birds.
Question 5: What do trees give us?
Answer: Trees give us fruit, wood and leaves. They give shade to animals and human beings and shelter to birds.
Question 6: What is the tree compared to in this poem?
Answer: The tree is compared to a mother who sings lullaby for her sleepy children.
Question 7: Where do the birds builds their nests?
Answer: The birds build their nests among the boughs (branches).
Question 8: What is the poet’s attitude towards the trees?
Answer: The poet opines that the trees are very much useful not only for human beings but also for the animals and birds. He says that they are the kindest things on the earth. His attitude is to show his gratitude to trees.
Question 9: Why do the trees look beautiful during both morning and evening?
Answer: The trees look beautiful during morning when the first beams of the sun fall on them, similarly in the evening the trees hold the last ray of the sun which is delicate and tender.
Question 10: How do trees behave like a kind person?
Answer: Trees are the kindest things because they don’t harm anyone and help birds, animals, man and environment selflessly.
Question 11: What is the most touching stanza in the poem? Why do you think so?
Answer: The most touching stanza is the last one as it tells us how it hums a lullaby for little sleepy children like a mother.
So, these were Trees are the Kindest Things I Know Questions & Answers.